Trump says Navy Secretary Phelan was fired over shipbuilding conflicts

WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - ‌Navy Secretary ​John ​Phelan was fired after conflicts with senior Pentagon leadership over shipbuilding, U.S. President Donald ‌Trump said on Thursday.

Here are some details:

• Phelan's ⁠dismissal, first reported by Reuters, was the latest wartime ‌shakeup at the Pentagon.

• "He's a ‌hard charger, and he had some conflicts with some other people, mostly as to building and ​buying new ships," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "Got to get along, especially in ⁠the military, got to get along, you know. And some people liked ​him, some people didn't, and that's usually the truth about everything."

• Sources, who spoke ​on condition of anonymity, previously ‌told Reuters that Phelan was dismissed in part because he was moving too ⁠slowly to implement reforms to speed shipbuilding and because he had fallen out with key Pentagon leadership.

• The ⁠latest departure comes during a tense ceasefire with Iran, as the U.S. ​flows more naval assets into the Middle East.

• The Pentagon has not provided a reason for Phelan's departure, nor ‌did it say whether it was Phelan's decision to go.

• A billionaire seen ‌as having close ties to Trump, Phelan is the ⁠first administration-picked service secretary ‌to be fired ​since Trump came back into office last year.

(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Stephen ‌Coates)

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